Meaning of "una"

una •

Sp num.
• • first, prior, earliest

v.
• • mauna (ma-) to go ahead, to go first. Mauna ka na. You go ahead.

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foremost

adj.
• • 1. first: una, nauuna
  • 2. chief, leading: pangunahin, nangunguna sa lahat, pinakamagaling, puno

previous

adj.
• • 1. coming before, that came before: una, nauuna, dati, nakaraan, lumipas
  • 2. previous to, before: bago

formerly

adv.
• • in time past, sometime ago: dati, noong una, noong araw

use

v.
• • 1. to employ, to make use of: gumamit, gamitin
  • 2. to use up, to consume entirely: maubos na lahat
  • 3. used to, means accustomed to: bihasa, sanay
  • 4. formerly did: dati, noon, noong una

n.
• • 1. the act of using: paggamit
  • 2. a suitableness or adaptability to an end: gamit, kagamitan
  • 3. the occasion or need to employ, necessity: kailangan, pangangailangan, paggagamitan
  • 4. no use, no advantage, no good to be gained, useless: walang kapakinabangan, walang kabutihan, walang kasaysayan, walang kabuluhan, walang kapararakan, hindi kailangan, inutil

turn

v.
• • 1. to move round as a wheel does: umikot, pumihit, uminog
  • 2. to cause to move round as a wheel does: magpaikot, paikutin, magpainog, painugin, pumihit, pihitin
  • 3. to move part way round: pumihit, ipihit, pihitin, papihitin, bumaling, ibaling, pabalingin
  • 4. to take a new direction to: bumaling, ibaling, pabalingin, lumiko, iliko, palikuin
  • 5. to give a new direction to: magbaling, bumaling, ibaling, balingan
  • 6. to change, to become: maging
  • 7. to take a turn, to become dizzy: mahilo

n.
• • 1. motion like that of a wheel: ikot, pag-ikot, pihit, pagpihit, inog, pag-inog
  • 2. a change of direction: liko, pagliko, pihit, pagpihit, baling, pagbaling
  • 3. opportunity, occasion: pagkakataon, panahon, oras, turno
  • 4. a deed, act: gawa
  • 5. a twist, one round in a coil of wire, rope, etc.: pulupot, pilipit, ikot
  • 6. a change: pagbabago
  • 7. by turns, one after another: halinhinan, turnuhan, palitan, isa-isa, una-una, hali-halili
  • 8. to turn off means to put out (a light, etc.): magpatay, patayin
  • 9. to shut off: magsara, isara
  • 10. to turn on, to let come, let flow: magbukas, buksan, bumuhay, buhayin
  • 11. to turn out means to put out: magpatay, patayin

first

adj.
• • coming before all others: una, nangunguna, pang-una

n.
• • the beginning: simula adv. before anything else: muna

former

adj.
• • 1. the first of two: una, nauna, nauuna
  • 2. previous: dati
  • 3. past, long past: nakaraan, una

early

adv.
• • in good time: maaga

adj.
• • 1. sooner than is usual or necessary: maaga
  • 2. first in a series: una

start

n.
• • 1. a beginning: simula, pasimula, pagsisimula, umpisa, pag-uumpisa
  • 2. a beginning to move, act,etc.: kilos, pagkilos
  • 3. a beginning to go on: lakad, paglakad
  • 4. a setting in motion: pagpapakilos, pagpapalakad
  • 5. a beginning ahead of others: pag-una, pagpapauna, pagkakauna
  • 6. a sudden, jerking movement: pagkabigla, pagkagulat

v.
• • 1. to begin to move (on): lumakad, palakarin
  • 2. to begin to act: mag-umpisa, umpisahan, magsimula, simulan, pasimulan
  • 3. to get others to begin something: papagsimulain, papag-umpisahin
  • 4. to set in motion, as a motor: magpaandar, paandarin
  • 5. to move suddenly: mabigla, mabiglaanan
  • 6. to rouse: bumulahaw, mabulahaw, bulahawin